With that, I wanted to see how quickly I could shoot a six-pack from the Can Cannon at a steel plate on the clock. With zero practice, I went through three runs and on each attempt I tried to better my previous time. Soda can shrapnel flew everywhere. It was fun to film!

Chris Cheng is History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 champion and author of “Shoot to Win,” a book for beginning shooters. A self-taught amateur turned pro through his Top Shot win, Cheng very much still considers himself an amateur who parachuted into this new career.

He is a professional marksman for Bass Pro Shops who shares his thoughts and experiences from the perspective of a newbie to the shooting community. He resides in San Francisco, CA and works in Silicon Valley.

The cops should use these on “protesters” who attempt to stop traffic for no reason.

“How bout a Fresca?”

USMC03Vet

Would pay money to see “protesters” being hit in the face with sodas. Pay-per-view event pls!

TheNotoriousIUD

Well, I dont want to go totalitarian dictatorship but people who mess with traffic should be treated brutally.

iksnilol

As somebody who is learning to drive, I have to agree with TheNotoriousIUD.

DonDrapersAcidTrip

yeah civil rights and freedoms are great and all until the minute I’m personally inconvenienced

TheNotoriousIUD

Pretty much.

Grindstone50k

I agree with Don, but I still laughed.

Dan

Your civil rights do not include infringement on the rights of others

DonDrapersAcidTrip

Yeah the founding fathers you all use as jerk off material constantly would of been so much better if they just sat around with their thumbs up their ass without bothering anyone

Dan

So the founding fathers should have bothered everyone but the British? What does the blacksmith have to do with taxes? You’re logic is flawed

DonDrapersAcidTrip

Yeah a delay in traffic sets you off but you’d be all for them taking up arms and firing on the police instead I guess? lmao give me a break.

“bothered everyone but the British” I can see nuance is hard for you

Dan

What in the hell are you even talking about. Please point out anywhere I said it would be better if they shot cops. Point out anywhere I said cops should beat protesters. Please also point out where it says you have the right to stop traffic. So when my lung collapsed and I was on my way to the hospital it would be ok to sit in traffic while a bunch of protesters shut down traffic? What if there was a fire? Or an Ambulance or some guy driving his wife because she’s in labor. They don’t have rights? I’m mad so I’m gonna go stop traffic so everyone can see how mad I am. Yea that is some sound logic my friend.

DonDrapersAcidTrip

please point out where the founding fathers had “the right” to uh, found this country. lmao how dense are you. that was okay though, because the only people who got hurt in that deserved it because a history teacher told me it was all a good thing and I put two seconds of effort into my opinions

Dan

So instead of backing up your previous claims you return to insult. There’s a good little boy. Never said the founding fathers had a right. Never said it was ok to shoot protesters or cops. Nor is there a “right” to block traffic. So keep reaching for insults and going off every which way you want so you don’t look like a fool when you try and actually explain to me how protesters have a “right” to block traffic. It’s all good though. I will patiently wait for what i am sure will be another reply that will not address the original issue and will instead attempt to insult me and will then ask me to point out why tribes that were here had the right to steal land from other tribes before we stole it all.

DonDrapersAcidTrip

Uh, what? My “claim” is how hypocritical you people are about when violent action is and isn’t allowed or acceptable? And you’ve done nothing but agree with that lol.

DonDrapersAcidTrip

“I love freedom so much I bend over backwards at every opportunity to defend and justify police brutalizing civilians!! yeah constitution!! 2nd ammendment!!!”

the gun community has literally zero self awareness

imachinegunstuff

You must be new here. There is literally three distinct sides about cops in the gun community. Plenty hate all cops, plenty love all cops, and the third side judges cops as individuals. However, in reference to stopping traffic. Your right to protest ends at my right to travel. Impeding my travel is impeding my rights.

DonDrapersAcidTrip

Please george washington, protest peacefully like martin luther king would have wanted. lmao

USMC03Vet

Think of all the African children you could have given diabetes to by using those sodas properly!

– ATF

David Lowrey

The ATF has just declared them as AOWs. They probably didn’t want to miss out on the tax stamp revenue. Way to go ATF, kill another great product.

Sianmink

A small modification (A hole and a weld) will fix it right up. NBD. ATF still sucks though.

Bill

I don’t know my Civil War Artillery, but one type was perfect soda can caliber.

Sianmink

So how’s thug life treating ya, you dirty felon? XD

iksnilol

Has anybody done any velocity testing on these? Would be interesting to see how fast they’re going.

Sianmink

I’m still curious to see what velocity you can get out of a can filled with concrete.
A friend wants to know.

iksnilol

Or a can filled with aluminum (it would be kinda can-ception).

We all are that friend.

nobody

At that point, why not try casting (from aluminum) a more front heavy like and aerodynamic projectile for greater accuracy and extended ranges. Lost PLA casting using 3D printed versions of the projectiles could be used to get molds for cheap, as custom ordering a large mold would probably be expensive.

TheNotoriousIUD

Light Pepsi speed.

JumpIf NotZero

Thanks expanding on the imagery of the trashy gun owner? It’s really too bad gun owners are their own worst enemies, far more effective at looking dumb than any liberal-elite group could ever make them out to be.

Sianmink

How is this trashy? I’m sure Chris picked up after himself.

TheNotoriousIUD

We cant all be Tier One High Speed SCUBA Snipers like you, dude.

Grindstone50k

People having FUN?? How DARE they??

Get laid, dude.

Dan

I can see his point. I don’t agree with him using this as an example though.

You misspelled quence. You meant to say Real possibility as a riot thirst quencing device.

JSmath

Your misspelled quench.

Joshua Noble

You mispeeled you.

JSmath

😉

Dan

You misspelled misspelled. Don’t we all just look silly now.

Dan

Haha i most certainly did. Ah well that jusy ruined the whole thing!!!!!

Southpaw89

Whaddaya mean I don’t need one?! What if I get attacked by a hoard of thirsty zombies? What then? Seriously though, I would love to see a “mortar” version of this, something you can stick on the ground and try to hit targets with using indirect fire, I know you could do it with an AR, but I’m thinking of something more purpose built, maybe like that Japanese mortar Forgotten Weapons just reviewed on Full 30.

Joshua Noble

I was literally just thinking that. There’s got to be some way to combine mentos, diet coke and a knee mortar.

Cymond

A mortar version would be awesome. It could have a fixed firing pin at the bottom, and the launching blanks would slide down the tube. The weight of the can could give it enough impact to ignite the primer.

Tom Currie

I’m amazed that the folks at X-Products had NO ONE who understands the NFA at least well enough to remember the magic number SIXTEEN, as in sixteen inches! Soda can launchers and golf ball launchers aren’t new, and every other company making an AR-upper launcher has been able to figure out 16″

Years ago, there were soda can and golf ball launchers that simply installed as a muzzle device. I’m not sure exactly why they disappeared from the market, but I would expect that it was some BATFE stupidity somehow declaring them grenade launchers (which, of course, begs the question why the current crop of soda can launchers aren’t equally considered grenade launchers)

Cymond

The Can Canon would have been fine if they’d properly plugged the barrel to prevent the use of regular 223 Rem ammo. Instead, the closed the barrel with a removable screw.